• I don't know where the contributor of the letter entitled 'EU creep' (Letters, July 11) has been living for the past number of years.

If he had been living in Ireland, he must have read articles by the most respected economists and political commentators stating that the only realistic solution to Europe's problems lies in a federal Europe.

What we need in Ireland now is for politicians to follow the lead given by Sean Lemass when he envisioned this long before we actually became members of the EEC.

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